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Rob Owen

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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% EDIT “It’s the two-hander appeal of O’Connor’s earnest-but-human portrayal of a priest in crisis paired with Craig’s rascally sleuth that makes “Dead Man” feel most alive.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol (2025) EDIT “Unfortunately, this new story strays from the initial concept of elves who work to prepare the way for Santa, instead focusing more on the characters and their lives when not on the clock, which is not as magical or entertaining.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Dec 1, 2025 Full Review The Alabama Solution (2025) 100% EDIT “The situation often appears brutal and dire, but “Alabama Solution” delivers more conjecture than proof in many of its allegations, and there’s no “gotcha” moment like at the end of the first season of “The Jinx.”” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Oct 13, 2025 Full Review SNL50: The Anniversary Special (2025) 71% EDIT “Really, it’s hard to imagine how “SNL50” could have gone any better as it delivered a welcome mix of comedy and music over almost 3.5 hours, wrapped in a warm blanket of nostalgia (without getting sappy).” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Feb 18, 2025 Full Review Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) 23% EDIT “Because Section 31 began life as a series, the movie feels both like a pilot episode and a truncated compilation of plots a first season would have covered. ” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jan 27, 2025 Full Review Hot Frosty (2024) 76% EDIT “Milligan runs around shirtless, muscles bulging, but the plot is pure Hallmark Christmas movie drivel with a more comedic bent.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Nov 15, 2024 Full Review The Deliverance (2024) 34% EDIT “An exorcist movie where the exorcism almost seems like an afterthought.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Aug 29, 2024 Full Review Knox Goes Away (2023) 66% EDIT “A welcome, character-driven tonic. It’s a small movie more concerned with character and relationship stories than it is with big-budget thrills or epic set pieces. And that’s OK.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Aug 17, 2024 Full Review Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) 67% EDIT “A generally entertaining, if overly long, crowd-pleaser... The film’s plot proves predictable, but “Axel F” is a decent enough nostalgia play.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) 98% EDIT ““Idea Man” explores the roots of Henson’s genius, a curiosity borne out of a quiet, unassuming, reed-thin inventor with a wildly creative imagination... [But] “Idea Man” isn’t just hagiography.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review May 28, 2024 Full Review The Contestant (2023) 92% EDIT “The documentary film is both a fascinating look at a period in Japanese TV culture and also an affecting portrait of resilience and empathy as Nasubi uses his unwitting celebrity for the benefit of others.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review May 2, 2024 Full Review Seven (1995) 84% 2/4 EDIT “A film only a sadist could love. Anyone interested in actually being entertained should steer clear.” – Richmond Times-Dispatch Mar 28, 2024 Full Review The Big Time (2002) 71% EDIT “As a stand-alone movie The Big Time is all buildup with little payoff. Even for nostalgia gourmands there's little nourishment to be had.” – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Dec 11, 2023 Full Review Rustin (2023) 83% EDIT “A smart, compact script (the movie runs just 106 minutes) coupled with Colman’s empathetic-yet-wily performance and the steady hand of director George C. Wolfe ensure that “Rustin” largely avoids biopic cliches.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Nov 6, 2023 Full Review Babylon 5: The Road Home (2023) 83% EDIT “As stories go, “The Road Home” is pretty meh, standard sci-fi fare with a sappy, humanistic overlay.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Aug 22, 2023 Full Review The Beanie Bubble (2023) 46% EDIT “The Beanie Bubble isn’t as funny as one would hope but it’s an interesting process piece about a difficult, weird man and the women key to his efforts who he took for granted.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jul 28, 2023 Full Review The Pale Blue Eye (2022) 62% EDIT “The Pale Blue Eye is a character-driven two-hander that’s worth seeing, though some casting choices betray eventual plot turns.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Dec 23, 2022 Full Review The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) 94% EDIT “Throw in some jammin’ holiday tunes performed by The Old 97’s and this Marvel-ous treat from writer/director James Gunn proves an entertaining enough diversion regardless of the degree of your devotion to the MCU. ” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Dec 13, 2022 Full Review A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) 79% EDIT “A Christmas Story Christmas recycles elements of the original in ways that are occasionally clever but mostly uninspired. What works best is the new plot, which proves more heartfelt than super-sad, and deploys some familiar characters in new ways.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Nov 22, 2022 Full Review Spirited (2022) 70% EDIT “If you’re re-telling the umpteenth version of the same story, it shouldn’t take more than two hours to do it regardless of the detours and small surprises plotted.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Nov 22, 2022 Full Review Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) 85% EDIT “A must-see for Weird Al fans who haven’t been treated to significant Weird Al-style comedy in a movie since 1989’s UHF. Fans of absurdity and parodies also might enjoy it, but the 2010 Funny or Die short serves up a lot of the same comedic beats.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Nov 4, 2022 Full Review Dear Zoe (2022) 71% EDIT “A pleasant, heart-warming movie that, while about grief, doesn’t succumb to it.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Nov 3, 2022 Full Review God Forbid: The Sex Scandal that Brought Down a Dynasty (2022) 82% EDIT “Viewers tuning in should prepare themselves: it’s a spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine (the cultural-historical-political background) go down.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Oct 27, 2022 Full Review Werewolf by Night (2022) 90% EDIT “Werewolf by Night requires no knowledge or understanding of the Marvel multiverse, it’s just an entertaining, 52-minute program shot in the style of classic Universal Studios monster movies.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Oct 6, 2022 Full Review Anything's Possible (2022) 87% EDIT “It’s a nice movie that offers a warm embrace, which means it won’t be edgy enough for some viewers. And that’s OK. As the first major trans teen rom-com, the film could never be everything to everyone.” – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jul 20, 2022 Full Review
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